WHEREAS, council for the City of New Albany has chosen Municipal Code Corporation, also ...

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Prepared: 12/30/2016
Introduced: 01/17/2017
Revised:
Adopted:
Effective:
ORDINANCE 0-02-2017
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING AND ADOPTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR
THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, OHIO AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, council for the City of New Albany has chosen Municipal Code Corporation, also known as
"Municode," to publish its codified ordinances on paper and on-line; and
WHEREAS, Municode has completed and provided a new Code of Ordinances which contains ordinances of a
general and permanent nature enacted by council, and incorporates updates through March of 2016 to the prior
published Code of Ordinances issued on behalf of the City of New Albany by American Legal in 2013, and
WHEREAS, council has contracted with Municode will to update and supplement its code until otherwise
decreed; and
WHEREAS,t he codified ordinances to be approved herein represent measures already adopted by council; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the city and for the further reason that this ordinance is
required to be immediately effective in order to make the updated code available to the public without
delay.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Council of the City of New Albany, Counties of Franklin and Licking,
State of Ohio:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of New Albany as submitted by Municipal Code Corporation of
Tallahassee, Florida and attached as Exhibit A hereto, is hereby adopted by reference as if set out in its enfrety.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts thereof which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of the new
Code of Ordinances adopted in Section 1 of this ordinance are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this
ordinance.
Section 3. That it is hereby found and determined that all formal actions of this council concerning
and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of the council and any
decision making bodies of the City of New Albany which resulted in such formal action were in meetings
open to the public or in compliance with all legal requirements of the City of New Albany, Counties of
Franklin and Licking, State of Ohio.
Section 4. By reason of the emergency set forth in the preamble hereto, and pursuant to Article
6.07(b) of the New Albany Charter, this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
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CERTIFIED AS ADOPTED this day of 2017.
Attest:
Sloan T. Jennifer^H. l\rason
Mayor Clerk of Council
Approved as to form:
Mitchell Hritanchefsky^
Law Director /
CERTIFICATION BY CLERK OF COUNCIL
OF PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION
I certify that copies of Ordinance 0-02-2017 were posted in accordance with Section 6.12 of the Charter,
for 30 days starting on |\ , 2017.
lifer Masorf, Clerk of Council Date
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CODE OF ORDINANCES
CITY OF
NEW ALBANY, OHIO
Publishedin1997byOrderof theCityCouncil
Republishedin2016

PREFACE
This Code constitutes a republication of the general and permanent ordinances of
theCityof NewAlbany,Ohio.
Source materials used in the preparation of the Code were the 1997 Code, as
supplemented through March 19, 2013, and ordinances subsequently adopted by the
City Council. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in
parenthesesattheendthereof.Theabsenceof suchanoteindicatesthatthesectionis
new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the
comparativetablesappearinginthebackof thisCode,thereadercanlocateanysection
of the1997Code,assupplemented,andanysubsequentordinanceincludedherein.
The chapters of the Code have been divided into parts, and the various sections
within each chapter have been catchlined to facilitate usage. Notes which tie related
sectionsof theCodetogetherandwhichrefertorelevantstatelawhavebeenincluded.
AtablelistingthestatelawcitationsandsettingforththeirlocationwithintheCodeis
includedatthebackof thisCode.
ChapterandSectionNumberingSystem
ThechapterandsectionnumberingsystemusedinthisCodeisthesamesystemused
in many state and local government codes. Each section number consists of two parts
separatedbyaperiod.Thefigurebeforetheperiodreferstothechapternumber,andthe
figureaftertheperiodreferstothepositionof thesectionwithinthechapter.Thus,the
secondsectionof chapter101isnumbered101.02,andthefirstsectionof chapter157
is157.01.Underthissystem,eachsectionisidentifiedwithitschapter,andatthesame
timenewsectionscanbeinserted.Newpartsandchaptersmaybeincluded,aswell.The
nextsuccessivenumbershallbeassignedtothenewpartorchapter.
PageNumberingSystem
ThepagenumberingsystemusedinthisCodeisaprefixsystem.Theletterstotheleft
of thecolonareanabbreviationwhichrepresentsacertainportionof thevolume.The
numbertotherightof thecolonrepresentsthenumberof thepageinthatportion.In
thecaseof apartof theCode,thenumbertotheleftof thecolonindicatesthenumber
of thepart.Inthecaseof anappendixtotheCode,theletterimmediatelytotheleftof
thecolonindicatestheletterof theappendix.Thefollowingaretypicalpartsof codes
of ordinances, which may or may not appear in this Code at this time, and their
correspondingprefixes:
CHARTER CHT:1
RELATEDLAWS RL:1
SPECIALACTS SA:1
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CHARTERCOMPARATIVETABLE CHTCT:1
RELATEDLAWSCOMPARATIVETABLE RLCT:1
SPECIALACTSCOMPARATIVETABLE SACT:1
CODE PT1:1
CODEAPPENDIX PTA:1
CODECOMPARATIVETABLES CCT:1
STATELAWREFERENCETABLE SLT:1
CHARTERINDEX CHTi:1
CODEINDEX PTi:1
Looseleaf Supplements
A special feature of this republication is the looseleaf system of binding and
supplementalservicingof therepublication.Withthissystem,therepublicationwillbe
kept up to date. Subsequent amendatory legislation will be properly edited, and the
affectedpageorpageswillbereprinted.Thesenewpageswillbedistributedtoholders
of copies of the republication, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new
pagesanddeletingtheobsoletepages.
Keepingthisrepublicationuptodateatalltimeswilldependlargelyupontheholder
of therepublication.Asrevisedpagesarereceived,itwillthenbecometheresponsibility
of theholdertohavetheamendmentsinsertedaccordingtotheattachedinstructions.
It is strongly recommended by the publisher that all such amendments be inserted
immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted
pagesbesavedandfiledforhistoricalreferencepurposes.
Acknowledgments
Thisrepublicationwasunderthedirectsupervisionof MaryMargaretBielby,Code
Attorney, Jodi Hunt, Editor, and April McDermid, Proofreader, of the Municipal
Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other mem-
bersof thepublisher'sstaff fortheirsincereinterestandableassistancethroughoutthe
project.
ThepublisherismostgratefultoJenniferMasonforhercooperationandassistance
duringtheprogressof theworkonthisrepublication.Itishopedthattheireffortsand
thoseof thepublisherhaveresultedinaCodeof Ordinanceswhichwillmaketheactive
lawof theCityreadilyaccessibletoallcitizensandwhichwillbeavaluabletoolinthe
day-to-dayadministrationof theCity'saffairs.
Copyright
Alleditorialenhancementsof thisCodearecopyrightedbyMunicipalCodeCorpo-
rationandtheCityof NewAlbany,Ohio.Editorialenhancementsinclude,butarenot
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limitedto:organization;tableof contents;sectioncatchlines;prechaptersectionanal-
yses; editor's notes; cross references; state law references; numbering system; code
comparativetable;statelawreferencetable;andindex.Suchmaterialmaynotbeused
orreproducedforcommercialpurposeswithouttheexpresswrittenconsentof Munic-
ipalCodeCorporationandtheCityof NewAlbany,Ohio.
© Copyrightedmaterial.
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
Page
Officialsof theCityof NewAlbanyattheTimeof thisCodification ..... iii
CurrentOfficials(Reserved).............................................. v
Preface................................................................... vii
AdoptingOrdinance(Reserved)
Checklistof Up-to-Datepages ........................................... (Reserved)
SupplementHistoryTable................................................ SH:1
CHARTEROFTHECITYOFNEWALBANY
Art. I. Name,Boundaries,andFormof Government............ CHT:3
Art. II. Powersof theVillage.................................... CHT:3
Art. III. Mayor.................................................. CHT:4
Art. IV. Council................................................. CHT:5
Art. V. ElectedOfficials ......................................... CHT:8
Art. VI. LegislativeandOtherProcedures....................... CHT:10
Art. VII. TheAdministrator .................................... CHT:13
Art. VIII. AdministrativeDepartmentsandPersonnelSystems.. CHT:15
Art. IX. Taxation, Borrowing, Budgeting, and Contracting Pro-
cedures................................................. CHT:16
Art. X. BoardsandCommissions ............................... CHT:18
Art. XI. Elections,Recall,Initiative,andReferendum........... CHT:19
Art. XII. GeneralProvisions .................................... CHT:21
Art. XIII. CharterReviewCommission ......................... CHT:22
Art. XIV. TransitionalProvisions................................ CHT:22
PARTONE
ADMINISTRATIVECODE
Title ONE. GeneralProvisions......................................... PT1:3
101. CodifiedOrdinances........................................ PT1:5
103. AdministrativeCode........................................ PT1:13
Title THREE. Legislative.............................................. PT1:15
113. Council..................................................... PT1:17
115. Legislation.................................................. PT1:19
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Title FIVE. Administrative ............................................ PT1:21
123. Departmentof Finance..................................... PT1:23
133. Solicitor .................................................... PT1:31
135. CodeEnforcementOfficers ................................. PT1:33
139. ParksandTrailsAdvisoryBoard............................ PT1:35
140. MunicipalParks............................................ PT1:39
141. RecordsCommission ....................................... PT1:45
143. JointDispatchingBoard.................................... PT1:47
145. JointEconomicCommittee................................. PT1:49
147. CommunityEventsBoard(Repealed)....................... PT1:51
155. PersonnelPolicies........................................... PT1:53
157. InvestmentPolicy........................................... PT1:79
159. Rulesof ProcedureforBoardsandCommissions ........... PT1:85
161. IndigentBurialExpenses.................................... PT1:91
Title SEVEN. Judicial.................................................. PT1:93
171. Mayor'sCourt.............................................. PT1:95
Title NINE. Taxation.................................................. PT1:97
181. IncomeTax................................................. PT1:99
183. IncomeTaxPriorto2016................................... PT1:169
184. TransientOccupancyTax................................... PT1:193
185. MotorVehicleLicenseTax.................................. PT1:203
187. Funds ...................................................... PT1:205
PARTTHREE
TRAFFICCODE
Title ONE. Administration ............................................ PT3:3
301. Definitions ................................................. PT3:5
303. Enforcement,ImpoundingandPenalty ..................... PT3:21
305. TrafficControl.............................................. PT3:31
Title THREE. StreetsandTrafficControlDevices ..................... PT3:33
311. StreetObstructionsandSpecialUses ....................... PT3:35
313. TrafficControlDevices ..................................... PT3:39
Title FIVE. Vehicles ................................................... PT3:53
331. OperationGenerally........................................ PT3:55
333. Ovi;WillfulMisconduct;Speed............................. PT3:81
335. Licensing;Accidents........................................ PT3:115
337. SafetyandEquipment ...................................... PT3:143
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